A Tribute Post For Lucy Glennon

Readers, I am very sad to have just found out that Lucy Glennon died this morning.

Lucy lived with the skin condition epidermolysis bullosa (EB).

She was a journalist who often wrote on disability issues. I followed her articles in the Guardian, in particular, for many years.

Although we never met in person, Lucy and I have been Facebook friends and have had connections on Twitter for some time. We shared some Facebook and Twitter connections from the disability community.

As I keep saying, readers, the disability community is a special one. It includes people with all disabilities. The loss of one of our own is something that becomes normal to us at too young an age- but it is something that always hits us all hard.

The greatest tribute I can give to Lucy is the link above, to her Guardian page. For although we did not share…